Uncle Vanya
Bring on the therapists
Chekhovian gloom echoes across the centuries, but Vanya needs new impetus to avoid museum status, says Anne McElvoy
The Church of England’s race to the bottom
The Church of England should not be putting ideology before history
Keir’s comms catastrophe
Labour’s goal is clear but its messaging is anything but
Can Nigel Farage do his job?
Against the grim passivity of British politics
No average Joe
“He looked like the Milkybar Kid but played like Clint Eastwood”
Not a dull phrase
Ethel Smyth: 2nd sonata &c (Delphian)
The grim quasi-religious doctrine of “unconscious bias training”
Baroness Royall’s commitment to the idea should concern Oxford students, academics and administrators
Ministry of Silly Thoughts
Wes Streeting made the grave error of consulting the British people
Still knocking on the door
For all the promises, subpostmasters are still waiting for compensation
A recipe for decline
This budget will do nothing to lift Britain from its doldrums
Chill message of Booker shortlist
The contempt of publishers for middle-class life and values is diminishing the novel
It’s the economy, stupid
The US election was another reminder of people’s biggest political priority
